Jalaluddin Rumi, the great Sufi poet and mystic born in 1204, believed that if we surrender ourselves to the power of love, it is possible to live in a state of infinite bliss. This collection, beautifully illustrated with Persian and Islamic manuscript pages and miniature paintings, features poems from the Divan to Shams-e Tabriz, the inspirational and mysterious figure who changed Rumi's life and led him to spiritual enlightenment. Here too are works from the Ruba'iyat, which are brief lyric pieces of a set form, and from the Mathnavi-e Na'navi, or the Poem of Inner Meanings, which offers moral and spiritual knowledge.